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This session, organised by the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation and one of its donors USAID, will bring together government and business representatives, including young tech companies, to explore new ways of tapping into the creative potential of the Millennial / Gen Z communities to spark innovation and shake-up the way we tackle trade facilitation reforms in developing countries.

How can trade facilitation reforms help to create a more conducive environment for women traders in Africa? Mucha Mlingo, President of OWIT Nairobi, explains.

The Colombian National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (Invima), is today launching a new risk management system to strengthen its inspection, surveillance and control of medicines and medical devices that enter the country through ports, airports and border crossings.

The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation and the Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) have signed a partnership agreement, committing to work together towards making trade with Kenya simpler, faster and more cost-effective.

In our interactive session at the Global Review of Aid for Trade, we will bring together donors, beneficiaries and businesses to discuss how a multi-stakeholder approach to trade facilitation reform can be fostered in LDCs.

How can digitising the phytosanitary certification process help to enhance food security? Craig Fedchock, Advisor at the International Plant Protection Secretariat, explains.

A delegation of Zambian government officials and business leaders is in the United States this week as part of a project to make trade with Zambia simpler, faster and more cost effective. The project, which is being led by the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation and the Zambia Revenue Authority, is introducing new training and licensing procedures for customs clearing agents in Zambia. The 14-strong delegation is spending one week talking to government and business representatives about the role of customs clearing agents in the U.S.

A delegation of officials from Brazil’s National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO), Ministry of the Economy, and Department of Federal Revenue (Receita Federal) has been in Washington D.C. this week exploring how automation and risk management can simultaneously increase security and facilitate trade.

Colombia is making tangible progress in improving the business environment for cross-border trade and business has a key role to play. That was the message today at the forum ‘Trade Facilitation: Opportunities for a Global Economy’ as government, the business community and international organisations gathered to discuss the trade facilitation agenda.

Leila Aridi Afas, @TheTradeLady, Director of International Public Policy at Toyota Motor North America shares her perspective on how public-private partnerships can pave the path to simpler trade.

Denmark has become the latest donor government of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (the Alliance), a public-private initiative aimed at making cross-border trade simpler, faster and more cost-effective.

Why is trade facilitation important for women and gender equality? Monity Odera, a publisher in Kenya shares her perspective.

In February, two years after the landmark ratification of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement, Kenya’s Principal Secretary in the State Department of Trade, Dr. Chris Kiptoo, joined over 100 attendees from across government and business to discuss the country’s progress on implementing the agreement and how the private sector can help.

Customs clearing agents in Zambia are to be offered accredited training as part of a new trade facilitation project being launched today by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (Alliance).

Earlier this year we celebrated the first anniversary of the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). At the time I challenged the private sector to take a more active role in delivering vital trade facilitation reforms. As we near the end of the year, I am happy to see our private sector partners stepping up and increasingly willing to engage and participate actively alongside governments. Together we are creating solutions to make trade faster, simpler and cheaper.